Can Angus Cattle Be Big And Efficient?
Oklahoma Farm Report
Can Angus Cattle Be Big And Efficient? Over time, the average size of beef cows has increased by 200 pounds or more. To keep up with feed costs-even today’s feed costs-that just means she needs to wean 50 more pounds of calf, according to South Dakota State University animal scientist Ken Olson.
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BeefTalk: Meat, Fat, Size and Quality
Kris Ringwall, Beef Specialist, NDSU Extension Service
Meat, fat, carcass size and carcass quality are four factors in the beef industry that never go away. One could even say this is why the beef industry exists.
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NE man pleads guilty to cattle scheme in MO
Julie Harker
Brownfield Network
A south-central Nebraska man has pleaded guilty to a cattle scheme in central Missouri. Allen Foos of Smithfield, Nebraska entered his plea in federal court Tuesday in the Western District of Missouri to transporting stolen livestock across state lines.
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Improved breeding helps meet demand for high quality beef
FarmTalk
With better genetics, Missouri beef producers can help supply the growing demand for high-quality beef, said a University of Missouri Extension beef specialist.
“Until just a few years ago, we didn’t have the tools to change our marketing,” said David Patterson, leader of the Show-Me-Select Replacement Heifer Program
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U.S. Beef Producers Aren’t Using Proven Genetic Tools
Wes Ishmael
BEEF
Benefits of reproductive technologies like estrus synchronization (ES) for natural or artificial breeding are old news.
“Improving traits of major economic importance in beef cattle can be accomplished most rapidly through the selection of genetically superior sires and widespread use of artificial insemination (AI),” says David Patterson, University of Missouri (MU) animal science professor.
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Future of Midwest cattle-feeding seminar scheduled
Travis Meteer,
University of Illinois
Feeder cattle producers are encouraged to optimize their opportunities and attend workshops focused on the future of Midwest cattle feeding. The meeting will be held March 2 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Sauk Valley Community College in Dixon, Ill.
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Take Steps to Prevent Scours in Calves
Heather Smith Thomas
Cattle Today
Many ranchers experience a few cases of diarrhea in young calves, and some years are worse than others. Scours can be caused by certain kinds of bacteria, viruses or protozoa. Whether or not calves get sick is often related to multiple factors including exposure (whether calves come into contact with those pathogens), and stress.
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From the Ground Up – Falling Beef Cattle Numbers
KBTX
During 2011, the drought experienced in Texas was responsible for continuing a liquidation of cattle that had began a couple of years before during another dry spell.
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Collaboration set to revolutionize feed efficiency in cattle
The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation
For generations, agricultural producers have continued to produce more food with fewer resources. Unfortunately, their greatest test is yet to come.
In October 2011, the world’s population topped 7 billion for the first time in recorded history, and estimates have total population numbers breaching the 9.5 billion mark by 2050.
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Conference to Focus on Options for Grass-Fed Beef Cattle
Wisconsin Ag Connection
Successful options for profiting from grass-fed beef production is the focus of Land Stewardship Project workshop being held next month in La Crosse. The event is scheduled for February 11 at the People’s Food Co-op from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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